DisplayPort Design and Test Information Resource Center

DisplayPort characterization and compliance test

Description

DisplayPort is the new digital display interface for computers, monitors and home-theater systems aimed at lower implementation costs and improving video performance. As a technology, DisplayPort, is now penetrating embedded and consumer electronics applications and recently a new version, MYDP, has been proposed to be a mobile interface to televisions to stream high definition content. Specifications and compliance tests are defined by the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA) and products are tested according to a Compliance Test Specification (CTS) and are certified at specific third party Test Houses such as Allion, Granite River Labs and China Electronics Standards Institute (CESI). While the signaling is not compatible with HDMI and DVI, DisplayPort supports an interoperability mode to HDMI through a minimal cost dongle that performs level translation.

Agilent is an active member of VESA, with consistent participation in DisplayPort workshops and specification issues. The resources you find here will provide you with an overview of DisplayPort design, understand the latest measurement techniques, and illustrate design and debug approaches.

The following table shows the different standards associated with DisplayPort

	Standard DisplayPort	eDP	iDP	MYDP
Type	Box-to-Box	One Unit (Laptops, Games, etc)	LVDS replacement internal	Portable-to-TV
Lanes	1,2 or 4	1,2 or 4	4 or 8	1
Bit Rate	1.62, 2.7, 5.4	1.62, 2.7, 5.4	3.24 or 3.78	1.62, 2.7, 5.4
Version	V1.2	V1.3	V1.1	V1.0

The resources you find here will provide you with an overview of DisplayPort design, understand the latest measurement techniques, and illustrate design and debug approaches. Agilent – achieve your best design.